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Mercy Found

18th September 2018

Migration Media Award: Second Place, Radio Category French

Author:Eric Valmir

Media: France Inter

Date of Publication: 24 April, 2018

Title: Mercy Found

Short summary: Mercy is a little girl born on March 21st, 2017 on the Aquarius, a humanitarian boat in the middle of the Mediterranean. Her mother Taiwo, a 35-year-old Nigerian, had been rescued from drowning a few hours earlier. The birth of Mercy was immortalised by reporters aboard the ship. The tweet moved a music group then in Paris, Madame Monsieur who made a song. Mercy. This song represents France at the Eurovision Song Contest.